Christine Viner, BACP

Christine Viner is a BACP counsellor practising from the United Kingdom. She brings five years of experience and a person-centred outlook to online work. Christine focuses on understanding each person as an individual and helping them find practical ways to feel steadier. She listens first, then helps you shape sessions around what matters to you. That might mean setting short-term goals, practising new ways to communicate, or making a plan for managing stress and anxiety. Christine uses a blend of approaches that put feelings and relationships at the centre of the work. Her background includes roles in the NHS and social care, and work with people who have physical disabilities. She has experience with military communities and the kinds of pressures those lives can bring. These varied settings inform a pragmatic, down-to-earth style in sessions. Christine aims to create a sense of belonging and stability in the therapeutic relationship. She emphasises safety, trust and collaboration while helping clients explore grief, relationship strain, parenting challenges, trauma, ADHD and career or life-change concerns. Sessions are tailored to each person’s needs and can include short-term solution-focused work or deeper emotion-focused conversations. If evening appointments are needed she can share availability on request and will plan sessions to fit practical constraints. If someone wants to begin, the usual first step is a brief matching questionnaire and an initial booking. Christine will then work with the person to agree on a simple structure for sessions and how to communicate between them.

How her approaches work online

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationships shape feelings and reactions. Online sessions using this approach help people spot patterns in close relationships and try different ways of connecting. Client-Centred Therapy puts the person’s experience at the heart of the work; the counsellor listens without judgement and follows the client’s pace to build trust and understanding.

Choosing a therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. Christine will talk with the client about their goals, try out methods that fit those aims, and adapt the plan if something isn’t helping. The aim is to find what feels most useful and practical for the person rather than sticking to a single method.

Online therapy with Christine is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. Video calls are useful for deeper conversations where seeing each other helps with emotional cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, reflective notes between sessions, or when written thinking helps process feelings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family life and changing schedules while still accessing registered or accredited professionals and therapists who can adapt their approach to individual needs.